I Like My Bike (I Like to Read)

by Ag Ferrari (Author)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: I Like to Read

A bike can be faster than a car, a van, a bus and a truck-- see how in this Level A book, perfect for readers just starting out.

"I like my bike. I like my car. I like my big car. I like my truck."

The text in this funny story is simple and repetitive--just right for new readers--but the pictures are wacky and imaginative. A sea lion chauffeurs a large shark, a cactus drives a pickup truck and a tiny mouse drives a tractor-trailer filled with cheese. But all the vehicles get stuck in traffic-- except for the cyclist, who merrily rides along to a party.

The pictures, in addition to supporting the text and enhancing comprehension, are chock-full of details that children will love. There are subtexts, connections, and opportunities for inference. Level A books, suitable for early kindergarten, are ideal first books for kids to read on their own. One short sentence repeats on every page with one word change per spread. Simple plots are heavily supported by the detailed illustrations. When Level A is mastered, follow up with Level B.

The award-winning I Like to Read(R) series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!

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Kirkus

Concise, pedal-powered prose for the earliest of independent readers.

Publishers Weekly

There's good reason for the girl in the driver's seat of this breezy I Like to Read offering by Ferrari (No Honking Allowed!) to be enamored of her bike. With her helmet-wearing dog happily stashed in her basket aside a gift box, she zooms through the background of most spreads while foregrounded vehicles reveal their colorful cargo: a shark fills the back of a limo, a lion rides shotgun in a VW bus, a tiger reads a book in a mobile zoo cage, and a tiny mouse drives an enormous cheese truck. The bare-bones text consists of each driver appreciating their specific vehicle ("I like my truck" says a cactus driving a flowery transport), while loosely rendered mixed-media art fills in the story line. As a grandmotherly woman hitches several rides and a helicopter hovers overhead, the freewheeling cyclist eschews the highway for flower-filled country roads. Ferrari wryly drives home his tale's message in a visually telling finale revealing the vexed car, truck, and bus drivers snarled in traffic while the girl, in satisfyingly timely fashion, pedals to her festive destination foreshadowed by visual clues readers glean along the way. Ages 4-8. (Jan.)

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--Wheels are everywhere in this on-the-move title--sports cars, limousines, vans, bus, and many types of trucks. All of the passengers or drivers seem to like their rides, but no one is more enthusiastic than the cyclist. A bike gives a girl freedom to whizz along wet roads rarely traveled, zoom past crowded vans, enjoy country hills and busy city streets, or even pass those sitting in a traffic jam--speeding along with a favorite friend in the bike's basket. A mixed-media landscape reflects movement from road to road. Pencil, watercolors, and ink enhance digital scenes that flow from one driver to the next, while cartoon representatives of both flora and fauna drive their favorite vehicles. A simple repetitive refrain, "I like my...," reinforces the text, while images allow readers to search for details, like finding the bike rider and other recognizable characters who meet at a parkside birthday party. VERDICT A suggested general purchase for guided reading, the visual variety of images urges readers to infer changes in text.--Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX

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Review quotes

 
Ag Ferrari
AG Ferrari, who began his career working on animated films, is a highly regarded illustrator in his native Italy. In 2007 he won Italy's highest honor for a picture book illustrator, il Premio Andersen. Ferrari is known for his sure and elegant line, his compositional inventiveness, and his penchant for interesting and often humorous detail. Spirit, surprise, and mastery mark all of his work. Other books for Holiday House include The Kindhearted Crocodile by Lucia Panzieri and No Honking Allowed! by Stephanie Calmenson.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780823440986
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
A
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
December 10, 2019
Series
I Like to Read
BISAC categories
JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV032180 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Cycling
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Motor vehicles
Bicycles and bicycling
Traffic congestion
Bicycles

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